Automatic . NS queries from BIND

[Warren Kumari]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Anand Buddhdev <anandb at ripe.net> wrote:
> On 17/06/15 15:00, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>
> Hi Matus,
>
>> well, the hard-coded hints file changes whenever new BIND release gets out,
>> while the bungled hints file may be updated by packagers or manually.
>>
>> I'd say that the bundled hints file is likely to be newer than the
>> hard-coded one.
>
> Root name server addresses don't change that often.

Yah. I think that, if you still have a hints file from ~1995 (20
years) it will work...

>  If you don't keep
> your version of BIND up to date, the worst that will happen is that you
> have slightly out-fo-date built-in hints. Assuming one of the root name
> servers had changed its address in the meantime, the practical effect of
> this is that upon startup, your BIND resolver's priming query has a 1 in
> 24 chance of timing out. If this happens, it will just try another
> address and succeed, and all will be well after that.
>
> This is why I prefer to depend on the built-in hints in BIND (and
> Unbound too, but that's off-topic), instead of the hassle of installing
> and maintaining a separate hints file. It just seems quite pointless.
>
> Finally, let me add that if memory serves me correctly, ISC recommends
> the use of built-in hints these days.

Yup, it's one less thing to break...




>
> Regards,
> Anand
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